Aspects of the noncommutative torus

In this thesis a class of finite real spectral triples for the geometry on a fuzzy torus is introduced. The geometries are shown to be related via an action of a general integral matrix. Each geometry is shown to have four real spectral triples corresponding to the four unique spin structures found...

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Main Author: Gaunt, James Andrew Bryan
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56288/
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description In this thesis a class of finite real spectral triples for the geometry on a fuzzy torus is introduced. The geometries are shown to be related via an action of a general integral matrix. Each geometry is shown to have four real spectral triples corresponding to the four unique spin structures found on the 2-torus. The spectrum of the Dirac operator on each geometry, and spin structure, is calculated and shown to be the quantum integer analogues of the spectrum of the Dirac operator on the corresponding commutative 2-torus. The spectrum of the noncommutative Dirac operator is then shown to converge to the spectrum of the commutative Dirac operator as the algebra becomes commutative. Finally, an outline for the proof of a fuzzy torus converging to a commutative torus, via the defined Dirac operator, is presented.
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spelling nottingham-562882025-02-28T14:26:33Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56288/ Aspects of the noncommutative torus Gaunt, James Andrew Bryan In this thesis a class of finite real spectral triples for the geometry on a fuzzy torus is introduced. The geometries are shown to be related via an action of a general integral matrix. Each geometry is shown to have four real spectral triples corresponding to the four unique spin structures found on the 2-torus. The spectrum of the Dirac operator on each geometry, and spin structure, is calculated and shown to be the quantum integer analogues of the spectrum of the Dirac operator on the corresponding commutative 2-torus. The spectrum of the noncommutative Dirac operator is then shown to converge to the spectrum of the commutative Dirac operator as the algebra becomes commutative. Finally, an outline for the proof of a fuzzy torus converging to a commutative torus, via the defined Dirac operator, is presented. 2019-07-17 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56288/1/James%20Gaunt%20-%20Thesis.pdf Gaunt, James Andrew Bryan (2019) Aspects of the noncommutative torus. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. spin geometry fuzzy torus Dirac operator
spellingShingle spin geometry
fuzzy torus
Dirac operator
Gaunt, James Andrew Bryan
Aspects of the noncommutative torus
title Aspects of the noncommutative torus
title_full Aspects of the noncommutative torus
title_fullStr Aspects of the noncommutative torus
title_full_unstemmed Aspects of the noncommutative torus
title_short Aspects of the noncommutative torus
title_sort aspects of the noncommutative torus
topic spin geometry
fuzzy torus
Dirac operator
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56288/